首相绑架案 4

Four,THE MYSTERY OF HUNTER’S LODGE ¹,“After all, ” murmured Poirot, “it is possible that I shall not die this time.
”,Coming from a convalescent influenza ² patient, I hailed the remark as showing a beneficialoptimism. I myself had been the first sufferer from the disease. Poirot in his turn had gone down.,He was now sitting up in bed, propped ³ up with pillows, his head muffled ⁴ in a woollen shawl, andwas slowly sipping ⁵ a particularly noxious ⁶ tisane which I had prepared according to his directions.,His eye rested with pleasure upon a neatly ⁷ graduated row of medicine bottles which adorned ⁸ themantelpiece.,’Cause he’s got la grippe himself!’ ”,I laughed.,“Good for you, Poirot. You are becoming quite a public character. And fortunately youhaven’t missed anything of particular interest during this time. ”,“That is true. The few cases I have had to decline did not fill me with any regret.
”,Our landlady ¹⁰ stuck her head in at the door.,I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。,They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施